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GOODNEWS DEVOTIONAL. 💣WEDNESDAY, 13TH OF JUNE 2018 👔 MIXING THE WORD WITH FAITH TEXT: HEBREWS 4:2


“For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it”

The word of God has power, the gospel has power, but it’s power will never be delivered until it is mixed with faith. If we mixed faith with every powerful word we have heard, our lives would have been better. Hearing or reading the word of God will not work for anyone until the person mixes it with faith. Our text says “For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it”

The purpose of any message you hear is to provoke you to take steps of faith, not just know the topic of the message or getting excited by the message. Any message you hear and do nothing about cannot deliever it’s blessing. When God sends any word to you, it is your responsibility to mix faith with it. This means the word is powerless when faith is not mixed with it. The problem is that many of God’s children like the Israelites in today’s text can count great and good messages they have heard, but they can not count how many of those messages have yielded good fruits in their lives because they did not mix it with faith. The word you do not mix faith with will never work for you.

So before you blame the church you are going or your pastor why can’t you ask yourself how many of those words you have mixed with faith? Now, How do we mix faith with the word?
*Believe the word, *Personalise the word, *Confess the word and finally,
*Act the word.
Believe that every word of God is true. God does not make empty promises (2 Corinthians 1:20). What He says He will do, He has done. Bible says “He declares the end from the beginning”. This means before He promises to do anything for anyone, He must have finished doing it before He says it. Hebrews 4:3 says ..”although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.”

Mixing faith with the word means you must believe that God has done it, secondly you must see it that God is talking to you personally. For instance where the bible says” I will bless your going out and your coming in” You must be able to say convincingly “God said that He will bless my going out and my coming in” Personalise the word and finally, act on the word. Never allow any word to go without you asking yourself ” What steps can I take about this message? And make sure you take those steps according to the word of God. When you mix the word with faith, you will not miss your blessing. Hallelujah.

Confession
Father, I believe you, I believe your word is working wonders in my life. As I mix faith with the word, the word will work for me in Jesus name.

Daily Bible Reading: JEREMIAH 47, PROVERBS 13,GALATIANS 2, DEUTERONOMY 11
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GOODNEWS DEVOTIONAL. 💣FRIDAY, 8TH OF JUNE 2018 👔 FACTS AND FAITH: HOW TO HANDLE THEM.

TEXT: ROMANS 4: 19
“And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.”

Some believers are confused on the subject of facts and faith. Some think faith is lying or denial of truth. And some will say “Let me say it the way it is, I cannot lie ” They have forgotten that when it comes to faith, you do not say it the way it is, you say it the way it should be. And to some, faith is “whatever will be will be”. Now, we do not need to be confused, facts are facts, faith is faith. Facts are things that we can see while faith is what we cannot see. Facts are things that are happening, faith is what is written. Fact is taking steps based on what is happening while faith is taking steps based on the word of God.

Therefore, in order to operate in faith, you do not need to deny the facts because faith does not deny fact. For instance, when Lazarus died, Jesus did not say Lazarus did not die or Lazarus cannot die, like many ‘faith’ people would have said, He simply said in John 11:11 “Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.” This means, after they had told Him the fact, He did not say they were lying or stopped them from saying what they wanted to say, He simply told his disciples the truth which He believed “Lazarus is sleeping, let’s go and wake him up”. Even, after He had said Lazarus was sleeping, and the disciples were still disturbing him, John 11:14 says “Then Jesus said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead. And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him.”

Now, if you look at today’s text about Abraham and Sarah, Abraham did not say “I am not barren and I cannot be barren” because by facts he and his wife were barren but by the truth of God’s word he was fruitful. But what did he do? Our text says “And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb”, this means he did not deny the fact that he was barren and at the same time he refused to consider himself and his wife as barren. He did not argue about the fact but he also strongly held on to the truth.

For instance, if a doctor says to someone after conducting necessary medical examinations “You are sick and you have malaria” And the person is saying to the doctor “I cannot be sick and I cannot have malaria” that is not faith but denial of the fact. But the fellow can say “I am going to be well for Jesus had made me whole on the cross Calvary” (This also does not mean he/she should not take medication if need be) Faith does not say yes or no to facts, it simply INSISTS ON THE TRUTH. Imagine a brother that took loan from someone and the lender told him “Brother you are owing me” and he said “I cannot owe you, in fact, I’m not owning you in the name of Jesus” That’s a lie, all he needs to say is “I will pay you because I have been blessed according to His riches in Christ Jesus. Listen to this, what people believe or say cannot affect your faith, it is what you believe and say that can affect your faith. You do not need to argue with the facts or deny it, just simply insist on the truth and your faith will work. Hallelujah.

Confession
Father, as others are saying “there is a cast down” I declare “there is a lifting up for me” in the name of Jesus.

Daily Bible Reading: JEREMIAH 42, PROVERBS 8, 2 CORINTHIANS 10, DEUTERONOMY 6
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GOODNEWS DEVOTIONAL. THURSDAY, 7TH OF JUNE 2018 FEED YOUR FAITH AND YOUR FEAR WILL DIE

TEXT: ROMANS 10:17
“So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God”

The thoughts of failure and disappointments have been the major reasons many people have not been able to walk by faith. The thoughts like “what if I fail, what if it does not work out” Now, anyone that allows thoughts like these in his/her mind will never walk by faith. Thoughts like these increase your fear and decrease faith. And you know, you cannot walk by fear and walk by faith at the same time, so in order to walk by faith, you must be ready to kill your fear and for you to kill your fear, you must feed your faith. When your faith is fed, your fear will die.

This is the point that today’s text is saying “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God”. This means faith will keep increasing when we keep hearing and hearing the word of God. It also means fear will keep decreasing when you keep hearing and hearing the word of God. If you have been having problems taking the steps of faith, it simply means you have been feeding your fear instead of your faith. You have been listening to those who are negative.

That was the problem of the Israelites in Deuteronomy 1:28 “Where can we go up? Our brethren have discouraged our hearts, saying, “The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there”. The God who delivered them from Egypt had asked them to go forward to Canaan, the land that was flowing with milk and honey, but they could not because they were afraid. And this fear came as a result of what their brethren were telling them daily.

However, for their fear to die, Moses had to feed their faith. In Deuteronomy 1:29-32 Moses said “Then I said to you, ‘Do not be terrified, or afraid of them. The Lord your God, who goes before you, He will fight for you, according to all He did for you in Egypt before your eyes, and in the wilderness where you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this place’. Moses also kept telling them this and their fear left. This is simple, stop listening to negative news or going to people that discourage you. Instead, keep listening to the word of God and the people who will encourage you, by that, your fear will die.

Confession
Father, as I feed my faith I see my fear die in Jesus’ name.

Daily Bible Reading: JEREMIAH 41, PROVERBS 7, 2 CORINTHIANS 9, DEUTERONOMY 5
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GOODNEWS DEVOTIONAL. 💣WEDNESDAY, 6TH OF JUNE 2018 👔 ACTIVATING THE SPIRIT OF FAITH


TEXT: 2 CORINTHIANS 4:13
_”And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed and therefore I spoke,” we also believe and therefore speak”

Faith is a spirit but will remain dormant if it is not activated. Every child of God has a measure of faith in him/her at the point of salvation. We are born again with faith. Romans 12:3 says “For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.” This means any believer who says he does not have faith, is talking out of ignorance because everyone has been given a measure of faith, all we need to do, is activate it and make it grow.

So, you have faith for everything you need, you just have to bring it alive. Now, if you really want your faith to come alive, one of the things to be doing is to consistently speak the word of faith. Faith is activated when the word of faith is constantly and consistently spoken. Our text says “And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed and therefore I spoke,” we also believe and therefore speak”. This means the spirit of faith will come on you at the proportion of which you speak the word of faith. Words release spirit, therefore the word of faith will release the spirit of faith on you.

In Mark 11, when Peter saw that the fig tree Jesus cursed had withered, he was asking how? Jesus said in verses 22 &23 “Have faith in God, For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says” This implies that our words can fuel our faith. The bigger and bolder we talk, the better results we get. Psalm 81:10 says “I am the Lord your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt; Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it”.

Your mouth can turn your faith on when you constantly declare what the word of God says about you. If it seems you do not have faith for anything, just try this, say what the word says concerning you and the situation with all your heart and you will see changes within and around you. The word of God says ” You are the head and not the tail, you are above only and not beneath, you are more than a conqueror through Christ who strengthens you. You are blessed and not cursed, by His stripes you have been healed, all things are working together for your good, the lines are fallen unto you in pleasant places and you have godly heritage. Greater is He that is in you than He that is in the world. You are fruitful and not barren, you are far above principalities and power” Hallelujah.

Confession
Father, I thank you. I activate the spirit of faith by speaking the word of faith. I declare, lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places and I have a goodly heritage in Jesus’name.

Daily Bible Reading: JEREMIAH 40, PROVERBS 6, 2 CORINTHIANS 8, DEUTERONOMY 4
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GOODNEWS DEVOTIONAL WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2017

GOODNEWS DEVOTIONAL
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2017
FAITH REQUIRES WORK
TEXT: James 2:26 for as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also
Faith does not fail if necessary things are put in place. Today’s text is a powerful revelation. It says “for as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also”. What makes the body of a man active is the spirit of a man, the moment the spirit of man is dead, every organ in the body ceases to work. As the body without the spirit is dead so faith without work is dead also. While we are believing and confessing our belief, there is also a need to start working the works of faith which are:
1. Taking steps towards your expectation: for instance if your dream is to have a house of your own, do not wait to get big money before you start to build. If you intend to buy one, go ahead and obtain the application form. Do not wait for a perfect condition; it’s your steps of faith that will make the imperfect perfect.
2. Sowing seeds towards your dream: while exercising your faith, you must keep sowing towards your expectation. Give to God, the less privileged, your parents and your pastors. This activates your faith. The book of James chapter 2, verse 21 says “was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac, his son upon the altar”. Verses 25 and 26 say “Likewise also was not Rehab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messages and had sent them out another way? For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without work is dead also”. So you need works to make your faith work. What are you doing in line with God’s principles to make your faith work?
CONFESSION
FATHER, I thank you, my faith must work in the name of Jesus. I will henceforth take steps that would make my faith work in Jesus name

GOODNEWS DEVOTIONAL: OVERCOMING “ACHIEVEMENT” MENTALITY ||THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 2017

GOODNEWS DEVOTIONAL
THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 2017
OVERCOMING “ACHIEVEMENT” MENTALITY
TEXT: Genesis 1:22
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth (KJV).
We are not created to achieve but to be fruitful. We are not created to acquire but to inspire. In the beginning when God created man, he did not create man to go and take from the world, he created man to go and contribute to the world. This is why he said in today’s text “And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth (KJV). What God said was that we multiply the earth and not to acquire the earth, to subdue the earth not to subtract the earth. Achievement means successful accomplishment while fruitfulness means multiplication of yourself. The problem is when we ask people what they have achieved, we are simply asking them for what they have acquired. And this is the mentality that has made people to live very far from the plans and purpose of God for their lives. Those who live with the intention to achieve or acquire will always live below the purpose of God for their lives. Jesus said in Luke 12:15 “…Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth (KJV). Our values before God will never be measured by how many houses, cars, certificates, children and millions that we acquired (which are not bad), but by how many lives we have impacted. Achievement mentality makes us to keep on acquiring more and more without remembering that we are strangers here on earth. It is this acquisition mentality that makes someone to own a lot and he is not ready to part with some to others. This mentality also makes people to work for themselves without having time to serve or work for God. The scripture says, “What shall it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and lose his own soul?” Mark 8:36. If you are alive only to achieve, you may enter into error, but if your drive is to impact and be a blessing to your world, you will not miss it. It is the “desire” to have” that is leading many to sin today. The book of 1 Timothy 6:10 says “For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows (KJV). Jesus came, he did not acquire the world, but He transformed the world. Stop thinking of what to “achieve” for yourself in this world, but think about what you want to “achieve” for yourself in the world to come. Matthew 5:3 says “Blessed [are] the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven (KJV). In other words, those who are free from worldly achievement mentality are those who would have the kingdom of heaven.
CONFESSION
Father, thank you for your word today. I refuse to live for this world only, I live for your kingdom, in the name of Jesus.

GOODNEWS DEVOTIONAL: LET HIM CARRY HIS CROSS DAILY || TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2017

GOODNEWS DEVOTIONAL
TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2017
LET HIM CARRY HIS CROSS DAILY
TEXT: Luke 9:23
And he said to [them] all, If any [man] will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me (KJV).
The first thing Jesus said about those who would follow him is that“… let him deny himself”, it means to be ready to pay the necessary sacrifice required to be a true follower. The second thing he said is that “let him take up his cross daily”. Cross represents life challenges, trials and needs. This means that, to be a successful follower of Christ, you must not permit what you are passing through to hinder you from following him. Jesus also confirms that even as His follower, there would not be a time you would not have a cross to carry, this is why He says, you must carry your cross daily. As a follower of Jesus, attacks would come in form of troubles, sickness, financial constraint, unemployment, failure in exams, family troubles and disappointments from friends and relations. Whatever comes your way, Jesus says you just have to carry it and follow Him. Do not say because of a challenge, you will withdraw your fellowship and commitment to God. No, if you do that, it means you are not a true follower. This is why in Luke 9:62 the bible says “And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God (KJV). In the same chapter, one of the fellows that wanted to follow Jesus, said in Luke 9:59-60 “… Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God (KJV). In the kingdom of God, to be useful, you must be rugged, and carrying the cross is the secret of getting to the throne. By the time Jesus met Peter, he was a failed fisherman, but nevertheless, he said “Master, we left all to follow you”. You see, if you want to follow Jesus very well, you do not need to bother yourself about your troubles but you must be bordered about His kingdom and with time, you would look for your troubles, you will not see them again. At the time, Abram met God, he was childless and poor, yet he did not say because of his troubles he would not follow him. Abraham carried his cross, went to where God sent him and at the end, what used to be his cross has become his testimony. Do not let the devil cheat you by telling you that you have issues to resolve therefore you can’t serve God, tell the devil, nevertheless I am going to serve God and watch my troubles fizzle away. Hallelujah.
CONFESSION
Father, I want to thank you because as I follow you, my cross would soon become my testimony in Jesus name.

GOODNEWS DEVOTIONAL BY PASTOR OLU VICTOR|| MARCH 3

THE TRUE PICTURE IS IN THE SCRIPTURE
TEXT: James 1:25
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. (KJV)
Do not permit men to describe life to you, because everyone would tell you what life is from their personal experiences and perspectives. For instance, some people would tell you marriage is evil because of their bitter experiences; others may tell you that pulpit ministry or personal business is deadly because of their personal experiences.
Do not allow anyone to describe life to you, do not receive everything people say to you about life and situation as correct because no human being can be hundred percent correct, the only source of correct information about your life and situation is the word of God. The true picture is in the scripture. I Corinthians 13:9 says “For we know in part, and we prophesy in part”. Every man, woman, Pastor, Prophet, Evangelist, Daddy and Mummy knows in part, so, they can only talk in part. The word of God is what has the final and balance say about your life and situation.
Some would tell you that life is hard, women are evil, men are terrible, all these are from man’s perspective, the true picture is in the scripture. Our text today says But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.(KJV). You cannot miss it when you take your picture from the scripture. For instance, if you are born again, the word of God says you are not cursed but blessed (Galatians 3:13), you are not alone, Jesus is with you (Matthew 28:20), you are not weak but you are strong (Joel 3:10), there is no failure in your future (Jeremiah 29:11), nothing is wrong with you (Colossians 2:10). No man, no Pastor, or Prophet can tell you everything about your life, it’s only God that can do and He has put your right picture in the scripture, all you need to do is to open it, read it, claim it, act it and it shall be yours in Jesus name.
CONFESSION
Father, I want to thank you because I am what your word says I am. What I have is a great future not a failed future. There is no failure in my future in Jesus name.